Swim Until You Cant See Land Tab

Swim Until You Can't See Land
Frightened Rabbit
 
This tab is a combination of the rhythm/lead/bass parts so you can play it all on one guitar. The offset
baseline makes it quite interesting to play
 
Capo 5 - Standard tuning
 
Chords
 
     D  Asus4  Bm  G  D/F#  A   G*
e|- -2- -0-   -2- -3- -2-  -0- -3-
B|- -3- -3-   -3- -3- -3-  -2- -3-
G|- -2- -2-   -4- -2- -2-  -2- -4-
D|- -0- -2-   -4- -0- -0-  -2- -5-
A|- --- -0-   -2- -x- -x-  -0- -5-
E|- --- ---   --- -3- -2-  --- -3-
 
 
[Intro]
(finger-picking pattern: third-thumb-second-first  -  a similar pattern is used throughout)
 
   D       Asus4   Bm      G        Asus4          G
e|-2-------0-----------------------0-------0-----------------------|
B|-----3-------3---3-------3-----------------------3-------3-------|
G|-------2-------2-------------2p0-----2-------2-------------------| x2
D|---0-----------------4h5-----------------------------0-------0---|
A|-----------0-------2---------------0-----------------------------|
E|---------------------------3-----------------------3-------------|
 
 
[Verse 1]
(same as intro)
 
I salute at the threshold...
 
   D       Asus4   Bm      G        Asus4          G
e|-2-------0-----------------------0-------0-----------------------|
B|-----3-------3---3-------3-----------------------3-------3-------|
G|-------2-------2-------------2p0-----2-------2-------------------| x2
D|---0-----------------4h5-----------------------------0-------0---|
A|-----------0-------2---------------0-----------------------------|
E|---------------------------3-----------------------3-------------|
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
(note the slight change in picking order)
 
And I swim...
 
   D                       G               D               G
e|-----2---0------------------------|    |----------------------------------|
B|-3-----------3---3---3---3---3----|    |-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3----|
G|-------2-------2-------2-------2--| x3 |-------2-------2-------2-------2--|
D|---0-------0----------------------|    |---0-------0----------------------|
A|----------------------------------|    |----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------3------|    |-------------------3--------------|
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
Dip a toe in the ocean...
 
   D       Asus4   Bm      G        Asus4          G
e|-2-------0-----------------------0-------0-----------------------|
B|-----3-------3---3-------3-----------------------3-------3-------|
G|-------2-------2-------------2p0-----2-------2-------------------| x4
D|---0-----------------4h5-----------------------------0-------0---|
A|-----------0-------2---------------0-----------------------------|
E|---------------------------3-----------------------3-------------|
 
 
[Chorus 1]
(I'm not 100% on the chorus riff - you can get away with strumming the chords)
 
Swim, until you can't see land...
 
   D                         G             Asus4   D/F#    G
e|-----3---0------------------------|    |----------------------------------|
B|-2-----------3---3----------------|    |-----3-------3-------3-------3----|
G|-------2-------2-----2p0-0--------| x3 |-2--------2------2-------2--------|
D|---0-------0-------0---------4p2--|    |-------2-------0-------0-------0--|
A|----------------------------------|    |---0------------------------------|
E|---------------------------3------|    |-----------2-------3--------------|
 
repeat chorus 1 twice
 
 
[Post-Chorus]
(this is the piano bit)
 
   D
e|-2---------------2---------------2---------------2----------------|
B|---------3---------------3---------------3---------------3--------|
G|-------------2---------------2---------------2---------------2----|
D|-----0---------------0---------------0---------------0------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
   A                               G*
e|-0---------------0------------------------------------------------|
B|---------2---------------2-------3---------------3----------------|
G|-------------2---------------2-----------4---------------4--------|
D|---------------------------------------------5---------------5----|
A|-----0---------------0--------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------3---------------3------------|
 
repeat post-chorus 1 four times
 
 
[Verse 3]
(same pattern as verse 2 - but the riff has dissapeared by now so strumming works better I think)
 
Up to my knee-e-e-es now..
 
D Asus4 Bm G Asus4 G  x4
 
 
[Chorus 2]
(same as chorus 1)
 
So swim, until you can't see land...
 
D G  x3  Asus4 D/F# G
 
repeat Chorus 2 twice
 
 
[Post-Chorus 2]
(just strumming here)
 
D Asus4 D G D Asus4 G  x4
 
 
[Bridge]
(no chords/picking played here)
 
And the water is taller than me...
 
 
[Chorus 3]
(same as chorus 1, but one extra repetition)
 
So swim, until you can't see land...
 
D G  x3  Asus4 D/F# G
 
repeat Chorus 3 three times
 
 
[Outro]
(this is the last line of the chorus repeated another eight times)
 
Are you a man? Are you a bag of sand?...
 
Asus4 D/F# G  x8
 
 
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| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
 
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